Geno has had a rough go so far in his career, but deserves nowhere near the constant level of hate he receives. He's played in one game the last three years. He's only 27. To say he's washed-up, and then give 2nd, 3rd and 4th chances to quarterbacks like Ryan Fitzpatrick and Josh McCown, is ludicrous. Here's just a sample of reactions from Twitter to this completely reasonable move fora 2-9 team...
I wouldn’t let Geno Smith start over a shoelace— Barbatos (@FastTimesAtRF) November 28, 2017
How long will it take for the @Giants to bench Geno Smith?— Byron Stern (@FootballBry15) November 28, 2017
And here's an extra one just for fun:Replacing Eli Manning with Geno Smith is like replacing an oyster Po-boy with spam sandwich on Wonder Bread. It’s a travesty.— Dean Mullen (@DeanNoelMullen) November 29, 2017
Geno's been called lazy, been ridiculed, and got fucking blamed for being punched in the face. Geno got punched in the face by a grown ass man over $600, and it was Geno's fault?! Oh, and since it was Geno of course there was some light-hearted mockery to follow:No longer the Giants' starting quarterback, Eli Manning has already embarked on his second career: modeling. pic.twitter.com/ah7GM9A7aM— Diane N. Sevenay (@Diane_7A) November 28, 2017
— Evan Doherty (@YSportsEvan) August 11, 2015
Then he had to watch as Ryan FUCKING Fitzpatrick come in and get to play alongside Brandon Marshall and Eric Decker and light it up. Just to set the record straight, here are Geno's top WRs in his two seasons starting for the Jets:Aight this my last Geno Smith meme 😂😂😂😂😂 @SportsNation pic.twitter.com/QTeCWdquGj— Bus, the Art Guy. (@BillionBus) August 11, 2015
Sounds alright, until you realize Holmes was coming off breaking his foot the year before. Two weeks before the season he said that he was unable to run routes or cut. David Nelson ended up being a bigger part of the offense than Santonio. Geno took this killer combination of Stephen Hill, Jeremy Kerley, David Nelson and this hobbled shell of Santonio Holmes (in his last year) and went 8-8.
HOLD ON, READ THAT BACK. Geno went 8-8 with this STEPHEN HILL, this JEREMY KERLEY and this DAVID NELSON. Geno had 5 game-winning drives. Pretty okay for a rookie.
Cue 2014. He had Eric Decker, underrated WR. That said...Decker played the season hobbled with a hamstring issues. When he finally took some time off to recover, he came back and lit it up. Those final 4 games of 2014 that are cited as Geno's ability to play QB are with a healthier Decker. Needless to say, Geno struggled a bit, and replaced by a past-it Mike Vick, who unsurprisingly also struggled.
I don't know, I just feel like a 12-18 record over 2 seasons of work isn't a reason not to give him another spin. Hell, Fitzy is 48-70. Ryan Fitzpatrick was called upon to start 118 games as a NFL quarterback. Maybe we all should just give Geno a chance.
Anyway, here are some Geno highlights, obviously cherry-picked but just showing some of that "arm talent" the scouts are always raving about. Also pay attention to the absolute trash receivers on the end of these TDs (All-World TE Jeff Cumberland has a few in here. Who, you ask? Just thank god every day that you're not a Jets fan).
In conclusion,
LEAVE GENO ALONE!
